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A Collection of 20 Prints of Old Broadway, together with a full description, 

Aiithor of ^^Nooks and Corners of Old New York," '■'■When Old New York Was Young" Etc. 
With a Color Cover Design from Painting by the Artist-Historian 

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For comparison there have been added views of buildings that now stand on the old sites. 



'^5^ ^OADWAY, most celebrated of the great streets of the world, had nevertheless a most humble 
ij|^ beginning. It has always been the central artery of New York, and the story of Broadway is 
the history of the city itself. An Indian trail before white men reached the Island of Manhattan, 
in the days of the Dutch it had grown into a country road called Heere Straat or Breedeweg. The 
name Broadway or Breedeweg had its origin in the broad way that led from the entrance of the old 
Fort up to the gate at Wall street. The street was wide near the Fort to give room for the soldiers 
to drill. This explains the contradiction between the name and appearance of Broadway. When a 
wall was put about the little town, stretching across the Island on the line of the present Wall street, 
Breedeweg led directly to the city gate. Beyond the gate it wandered away to the north, and for close 
upon a hundred years was the only road extending the length of the Island. With the coming of the 
British, Breedeweg quite naturally changed from a Dutch to an English thoroughfare and became 
Broadway. At the time of the Revolution, and for many and many a day thereafter, the homes of 
wealth and fashion bordered Broadway. During the last days of the Knickerbockers — in the late 
thirties — lower Broadway was still the fashionable promenade, and there yet live many whose young 
voices mingled in the following popular song of the day: 



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FOOT OF BROAUWAY. NOS. AND 11 BROADWAY. 

Bowling Green. Battery Park and Washington Bowling Crecn Buikling. 

Buililing. (See Print No. 1.) (See Print No. 2.) 



NO. 39 BRO.\l)WAY. 

Between Morris St. and Exchange Place. 

(See Print No. ;J.) 



TRINITY CHURCH. 

Broadway, Head of Wall St. 

(Sci- Print No. 4.) 





B'WAY, SO. OF CED.VK ST. 

Boreel Building, Trinity BuildinL;. 

(See Print No. ."». ) 



BROADW.VY, COR. FULTON ST. 
(See Print No. 0.) 



BRO.\DW-\Y, COR. \'ESEY ST. BRO.\DW.\Y, SO. FROM M.VIL -ST. 

St. Paul's and Astor House. (See Print No. 7.) Post Office and ,\stor IIousl-. 

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CITY 1L\LL .\ND PARK. 
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I'.K(/.\1)W.\Y, NOS. 3,-.5 & 3J'J. 
(Sic l*rints Nos. 11 and 12.) 



N. E. COR. B'WAY & CANAL ST. 
(See Print No. 13.) 








B'W.\Y, NICINITV OF ( .\N.\L ST. B'W.XY, GR.\ND AND HOWARD STS. B'WAY, FOURTH AVE. .\ND llTH 
Looking Southwest. (See Print No. 14.) (See Print No. 15.) (See Print No. 10.) 




BROADWAY, BF.T. 21ST fii 22D STS. 
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Print No. J. Battery and Bowling Green, J776 

The name "Bowling Green" was first given to this open space at 
the foot of Broadway in 1732, when it was leased for the purpose of 
a bowling green to three prominent citizens. The rent was one 
peppercorn per year. During the Revolution the patriots tore down 
the statue of King George which had been erected there and melted 
it into bullets. They also broke off the tops of the iron posts of the 
fence surrounding the Green. The fractures may be seen to this day. 

The new Custom House is being erected on the site of the old 
fortifications, which were demolished about 1787. The Government 
House, which was erected here to be occupied by the Presidents, was 
never used for that purpose, the seat of the national government 
being moved to Philadelphia before the house was completed. 

Print No. 2. Coffee House, J 765; No. JI Broadway 

This house was erected about 17r-iO, the garden back of it extending 
to the river. This was a noted tavern in its day and was called by 
various names at different times, "King's Arm Tavern," "Atlantic 
Garden," etc. 

Print No. 3. Mansion House, J83J; No. 39 Broadway 

These were originally private residences. They were erected about 
1780, being among the first to be put up in what was called "The 
Burnt District" after the fire of 1776. Washington occupied the 
middle one of the houses during tlie second session of the First 
Congress. 

The houses were afterward turned into a hotel, known as 
Mansion House, and it was the leading hotel of the city. 

This site is of interest as being the spot where the first habitation 
of white men was erected on the Island. 

Print No. 4, Trinity Church Ruins, 1776 

This shows the ruins of Trinity after the disastrous fire of 1776. 
The present Trinity is the third church of that name on this site. 
The first was erected in 1697. 

Print No. 5. City Hotel, Trinity and St. Paul's, J53t 

The City Hotel was built in 1806 at the corner of Cedar street. It 
stood on the site of the old De Lancey House, which had been the 
scene of the first "Inauguration Ball" in Washington's time. In this 
hotel it was considered that the acme of luxury and magnificence had 
been reached. 

An interesting explanation of the narrowness of Thames street is 
found in the fact that it was originally a carriage drive from the 
De Lancey House to the stables. 

Print No. 6. Bridge Across Broadway, 1852 

In 18.i2 "the great volume of traffic" on Broadway at Fulton street 
led the street commissioner to plan this bridge. A bridge was 
actually erected here in 1866, but it was soon torn down, as "it was 
so crowded with sightseers there was no room for pedestrians." 

Print No. 7. Broadway Stages and St. Paul's, J83J 

This print shows the number of stages plying Broadway at this 
time. Stages continued to run on Broadway until 1886. St. Paul's 
was built in 1766, facing the river, which at that time came up to 
Greenwich street. 

Print No. 8. Astor House, City Hall Park and 

Barnum's Museum and Moral Lecture Room, 1842 

The Astor House was opened in 18.37. The ground on winch the 
Post Office stands was at that time included in City Hall Park. Bar- 
num's Museum was opened in 1842. The building had before that 
date been occupied by Scudder's Museum. 

Print No. 9. Proposed Elevated on Broadway, 1854 

This print shows the proposed elevated as it was to appear near 
Park place. The intention was to have a passageway for pedestrians 
next to the buildings and have the cars run over the outside edge of 
the sidewalk. The entrance to the elevated was to be through the 
stores. It was hoped "that the storekeepers would see the advantage 
of having the public pass through their stofes." 

The feeling of the present-day storekeepers on this score is shown 
by the expense they are willing to go to to furnish passageways to 
the elevated and subway. The house No. 235, shown in the print, 
was occupied by Mayor Philip Hone between 1821 to 1S37. 



Print No. 10. Buildings in City Hall Park, t809 

This space has been variously called the Fields and the Commons. 
During the Dutch period criminals were executed here, and at one 
time a portion of it was used as a Potter's Field. The Bridewell or 
City Prison was built in 1773, and torn down in 1838. The City Hall 
— which was then and is still considered the most beautiful building 
in the city — was finished in 1812. 

Print No. li. Contoit's Garden, 1830 

This Garden was between Leonard and Franklin on the west side 
of Broadway, at about No. 355. This was a favorite place of refresh- 
ment of the fashionable set. The first Garden by this name was near 
near Park place, but Contoit moved from there in 1809. 

Print No, J 2. Bourne Store, J832 
No. 359 Broadway 

For a number of years G. Melksham Bourne kept a picture and 

stationery store here. He published a very fine and authentic series 
of New York views called "Bourne's Pictorial Views of New York." 
The painting by John Rae, which is reproduced for the first time and 
appears on the cover of this portfolio, shows an interior view of 
Bourne's store. 

Print No. 13. Stone Bridge and Tavern, 

I8I2, Corner of Canal and Broadway 

The canal was dug to drain the swamp and marshy land called 
Lispenard's Meadow. This bridge was erected by the British during 
the Revolution. 

Print No. J4. Lispenard's Meadow, 1785 

At this time all of the land in the vicinity of Canal street and west 
of Broadway was a marshy tract that had previously been a swamp. 
After having been drained it was called Lispenard's Meadow. All 
that remains of the meadow is the tiny park at the west end of 
Canal street. 

Print No. J5. Broadway, East Side, 

Between Grand and Howard Streets, J840 

This shows Tattersall's Horse Market, the building having been 
erected in 1819, first used as a circus, then converted into a theater. 
The Olympic Theatre is also shown ; this was erected in 1837. 

Print No. J6. Junction of Broadway and Bowery, J83I 

This print shows what is now 14th street. Fourth avenue and 
Broadway. Fourth avenue was then the Bowery. 

Print No. J7. Union Square, J85I 

L'uion square was first laid out as a park in 1815. The junction 
of so many streets at this point first suggested the idea of a park here. 

Print No. J8. Buck Horn Tavern, 1812, Broadway, 
Between 2Ist and 22d Streets, East Side 

Tliis hostelry stood for a number of years ten or fifteen feet above 
the present grade of Broadway. The part of Broadway north of 
Union square was then called Bloomingdale road. 

Print No. J9. Madison Cottage, J847, B'way and 23d St 

This tavern was quite a noted one and was kept for a number of 
years bj' Corporal Thompson. This was torn down to make way for 
the Hippodrome. 

Print No. 20. Franconi's Hippodrome, J853 

Broadway, at 23d Street 

This was erected in 1853, and torn down in 1856, to make way for 
the present Fifth Avenue Hotel. The performances hero were on a 
grand scale, the advertisements stating that the services of "fully 
thirty supernumeraries are needed to properly depict the gorgeous 
spectacles, pageants, " etc. 



THE BROADWAY OF 
YESTERDAY is the first 
of the series of Old New 
York portfolios to be issued by us 
under the direction of The National 
Society for Historical Research, 
The second will be twenty prints of 

The Pleasure Resorts 
of Old M e Lo Y o r k 

with a full description and story 
of each, by Charles Hemstreet^ author 
of ^^ Nooks and Corners of Old 
New York/^ ^^When Old New 
York Was Young/^ ^^ Literary 
New York/^ Etc. These port- 
folios will be uniform with The 
Broadway of Yesterday and will be 
issued as rapidly as the necessary 
material can be gathered, 
^ Portfolios may be obtained of 
your bookseller or art dealer or direct 
from us for two dollars and fifty 
cents; single prints, seventy-five 
cents each. 

The Cadwallader Publishing Co. 

96 Fifth Avenue, New YorK 




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